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Those four chords are all diatonic in the same key, so your major pentatonic scales will work over all of them, as will the key's full major scale. …

But technically, this isn't a G-chord at all, because G-chords don't have an F in them. They do, however, have an F#. G-chords with an F rather than an F# are actually G7 chords, not G chords. … Such chords are called "inversions". So a G/F# is a G-chord, but specifically an inversion of a G-chord with the F# in the bass. …

It's an F#m7-5 (F# minor 7, flat 5), aka an F# half-diminished chord. It's the diatonic seventh chord built on the seventh degree of the G-major scale. In root position, it would be voiced F#-A-C-E. …

$B.8 As to why these chords became popular funk chords, the most simplistic answer is "Because the R&B musicians who went on to develop funk (James Brown, George Clinton, etc.) used these chords a lot … around a I-IV progression, with seventh chords used for both). …

Wikipedia says "a 6th". It doesn't say what kind of 6th. An interval from any "flavor" (my word) of an E (such as Eb, E, or E#) up to any flavor of C (Cb, C, C#) is a sixth, because E-F-G-A-B-C is s …

If instead you're asking about popular first-position chords in general, of course this would require a much longer example. … Perhaps you can give examples of songs that use the chords you're looking for? …

Common variations include replacing the chords in a given bar with a ii-V cadence that resolves to the chord in the next bar. … Rhythm Changes Rhythm Changes is a progression based around the chords of the popular Gershwin tune "I Got Rhythm". …

Try the F that's at the eighth fret on the A string. It's the same pitch as the F on the D string, but because the A string is heavier, the sound will be thicker than the one on the D string.

There's a short answer and a longer, more complicated answer; I'll just give the short answer here along with the barest basics of the long answer. The short answer is: Yes, there is, sorta. If you …

Same idea, different chords. … So you can play diminished scales over dominant chords, you can replace dominant chords with diminished chords, you can combine tritone subs with diminished subs, etc. etc. …

Because it's the chord you got by stacking thirds on the second note of the scale, the chord is called the ii chord (we use roman numerals to number the chords, and we use upper case for major chords and … lower case for minor chords). …

Major 7th Voicings These are some GM7 chords; move them around as needed. … That will keep you busy for years learning new and interesting variations on chords. …

Would I play the chords formed by this scale and just play them as fifth chords, or would you use the actual notes of the scale as the root note and add your fifth to it to form the chords? … With the exception of the F#dim, each of the chords you mention has a perfect fifth. Let's look at an example. You're thinking about the E minor scale, right? …

In A, the I chord is A-Major, the IV chord is D-Major, and the V chord is E-Major, so the chords are A-D-E-A. And now you know the chords to the song! … The best thing to do is to take songs you already know the chords to and analyze them to figure out their roman numeral patterns. …

Different people prefer different amounts of action, so tell your repair person that you find playing chords to be uncomfortable, and s/he will make sure your action is low enough for playing chords without …